Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-07


any point.
Surely humanity demqrds this small sacri-
| fee to save a human life, and the Council
should allow such an effort TO save life,
where the physician attending asserts The
| closing of a square for brief period. as is
allowed. will give greater chance to save
| the life OF sick person.
have bad instances reported where it
was confidently asserted that the closing OF
streets III such cases aid actually save The
| life Of the sick.
At any rate. ] am 50 impressed with the
! benefit resulting from closing streets -un-
| der present utrestrictions-that the resolution
| allowing it TO be done cannot be rcscinded
| by my approval.
do hope in the interest Of suffering hui
manity YOU will not insist on the rescind-
ing Of the privilege now allowed.
Respectfully submitted.
W. G. CARRINGT0N, Mayor.
Mr.. Murphy moved that the ordinance
be rescnded, Notwithstanding the Mayors
| veto. The well people were entitled to
some consideration as well as the sick. He
| thought justice TO all demanded the re-
sciuding Of the ordinance.
The resolution was passed over the
| Mayors veto.
DUMMY ENGINE.
The Committee on Streets recommended
| that the Richmond CITY, Railway Company
| be allowed temporarily 10 run its dummy
| engine into the city on Main street rs far
east as Reservoir street. Agreed to.
| PERMIT TO Run sTREET.CARs BY ELECTRIC
MOTOR,
The Committee on streets recommended
| D,.bt,,gl,1 nj u II all.
wey COMPANY lie allowed to use electricity
as motive power on lis streetcars; said
permission To De subject to repeal by the
| Council at any time 1t may deem proper.
Mr. Pizzni moved that the ordinance be
30 smended ms to restrict the company
from lighting the cars 10y electricity. His
reason for this was that the city had entered
into a contract with the Schuyler Electric
| JigLt COMPANY hy which it had been given
the exclusive right To- erect poles and light
| the city with electricity for five years. He
| of, red this amendment to guard the city
from suits for damages in case the Union
company wanted to light the cars by cleo
| tricity.
Mr. Kaufman had doubts az to whether
the lighting oi the ears by electricity would
! infringe the right given the Schuyler COM
p0ny.
Mir. CutchiLs said the recommendation of
| the street Committee was that the Union
comranv be given the right TO use electrici-
ly for motive power. They did not say
v ord about lighting the cars, and II they
wanted to use electricity for illuminatiGg
purposes II would be necessary for the COM
psuy 10 come to the Council and get that
permission.
Mr.. Bryan agreed with Mr.. Kaufman.
He had recently had occasion 10 read the
contract with the Schuyler company, aud
| he cid not think il would prevent the
granting of the right 10 the Union conf
| rany to light Their ears by electricity.
Mr.. SpiizCr thought Hr. Pizziui offered
! The amendment out OF supCrabunddnt eau
| iion, lie Iegsrded it as ridiculous to re-
| fuse 10 let The Union company light It's ears
by Ccctricty il 1t wanted to.
Nlr. Starke hoped the recommendation Of
| the street Committee would be adopted. II
| il was, and The Union company then used
| electricity in its cars. it would be qucs-
| ton between the Union company and the
! SCHUYLER company. The city would have
nothing 10 90 with It.
Mr. Pizzini here withdrew his amend
mept, and the recommendation OF tue COM
miltoe was agreed 10.
CHANGE or TRACK.
The committee also recommended tnat
the Union complny be allowed to run q
double track alOGg its present route from
seventeenth and Franklin 10 Marshall
streets. instead Of 4 single track as pre-
vioUsly permitted; also that It be allowed
TO Change its ChuTch-IIil route from
Twenty.eighth to Twenty-ninth. Granted.
FIRST MARKET REPAIRS.
Tire Finance Committee submitted re-
port, in which it recommended that $3.50
be appropriated to make certain necessary
repairs to the First market.
Mir. Archer moved to so amend as to
change the amount to $4,000. lie thought
this much necessary.
MIR. PIzZiuI was forced to raise his voice
again against an eXtrayagant expenditure
OF money by the ctv. At this time The
sucloSt economy is necessary, hut instead
of pIacticing IL the Council IS continually
wanting to increase expenditures by large
Al propriatiOns 10 salaries, parks. and other
things. lie hoped the Council would pause
and think.
The amendment was lost, and the report
OF the committee appropriating 500 Was
adopted.
GAs-LAMPs.
The Committee on Light reported adj
yersely on the resolution referred to II ask
ing that gas.lamps be placed at certain
points in Jackson Ward.
The report was agreed to.
FRAME BUILDINGS.
The Committee on Fire Department re-
commented that permission be granted
certain persons named to erect frauae build
ings. Adopted.
CORONER's FEES.
The Committee on Claims and Salaries
sul mitted report approving the amend
ment Of the ordinance concerning CoroneTs
fees, proposed at the last meeting OF the
Council 10y Mr.. Guy. This amendment
merely concerns the class OF cases known as
"unknOwn infants" and in that class OF
cases pIcscribes the fee 10 be $40 instead OF
sos. as IN all other cases; and the amend.
m,nt further prescrbes that in those cases
the { toroner shall not make post mOrtenl eN-
aminaiions unless required so to do by tue
Mayor. the Common wealth's Attorney, the
Police Justice, or the Chief OF Police.
MIR. Guy, chairman Of the Committee on
Claims and Salaries, explained the action OF
the committee and advocated the amend
ment, stating that these pOst.morteHl exami-
nations had never suited in the conviction
of Gay criminal; that DR.. Taylor, the Corr
oneI, himself admitted that tue fees In these
cases might be considered large, but that
they went to compensate him for other
diriy work; that Drs. Bryce and Lewis
stated before the committee that they consid-
cred the fee OF $40 ample In those cases, &c.
MIR. Cutehins opposed the amendment,
and moved TO refer the matter TO the Com
miitee on Ordinances, together with reso-
utlon, which be proposed. to fix the salary
OF the Coroner at 1900 per annum.
Mr.. Griffith sustained the position taken
by the Committee on Claims, and urged the
adoption OF the amendment, calling atten-
tion TO the fact that DR.. Taylor himself adj
mitted that the fees were large in those
cases.
MIR. Cutchins's motion was lost, and the
report of the committee advociiing the
amendment, whereby the change In fees Is
made, was adopted.
CITY.HALL EMPLOYEES.
The Committee on Grounds aud Build
ines presen,ed a report IN which was con-
lined resolution, introduced In the con.
miitec, providing that the appointment OF
foreman, time. keepers. &c., be taken out OF
the hands OF the City Engineer, and that the
pames OF all applicants for such positions
be presented TO the committee, laid on the
table for one week, and then voted on, the